Giving tickets to children and relatives of ministers not dynastic politics: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said giving tickets to the children and relatives of ministers was not dynastic politics but acknowledging the recommendation of voters. In its second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on March 21 announced fielding its national president M Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law and children of five ministers in Karnataka.
«Yes, we have given. We gave tickets to those whom the people of the constituency recommended. This is not dynastic politics but acknowledging people's opinion,» Siddaramaiah told reporters.
He was replying to a query about 10 family members and relatives of Karnataka ministers getting tickets to contest the Lok Sabha polls on behalf of Congress.
Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani will be in the fray in Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) Lok Sabha constituency.
PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi's daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi will fight from Chikkodi.
Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy's daughter Sowmya Reddy will fight against BJP's sitting MP Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South.
Textile Minister Shivanand Patil's daughter Samyukta S Patil from Bagalkot, Woman and Child Welfare Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar's son Mrinal Hebbalkar from Belgaum (Belagavi) and Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre's son Sagar Khandre from Bidar.
Former Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan's son Mansoor Ali Khan has been fielded from Bangalore Central and Minister S S Mallikarjun's wife Prabha Mallikarjun is in the fray from Davangere.
The chief
